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Dr. Solbert Permutt, physiologist
Dr. Solbert "Sol" Permutt, a retired physiologist and teacher who helped expand the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, died of esophageal cancer May 23 at Roland Park Place. The longtime Mount...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Chicago, Ellicott City, University of Southern California, Awards and Prizes
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John Joseph Scocca, Hopkins biochemistry professor
John Joseph Scocca, a retired Johns Hopkins biochemistry professor recalled for his keen critical eye, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease May 10 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 72 and lived in Aberdeen.
Born in South Philadelphia,...Tags: H.L. Mencken, Family, Johns Hopkins University, Chemistry, Anglicanism
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Dr. James Burch Brooks
Dr. James Burch Brooks, a retired orthopedic surgeon who spent his more than four-decade career with the Four East Madison Orthopedic Association, died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Union Memorial Hospital.
The Cross Keys resident...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Loyola University Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park, Roman Catholicism, Orthopedic Surgery
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Emmarene Ida "Rena" Pennington, homemaker
Emmarene Ida "Rena" Pennington, a homemaker who later became a school bus driver, died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson.
She was 92.
Emmarene Ida Bartholomae, the daughter of a German...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Bern (Swiss Confederation), Swiss Confederation, Germany
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Nancy H. Suerth, casting agent
Nancy H. Suerth, former owner of a commercial cleaning and janitorial services company who later established a casting and talent agency, died Dec. 8 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The longtime Edgewood...Tags: Documentary (genre), Frederick Douglass, Charles Street, Westport, Fells Point
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W. Thomas Barnes
W. Thomas Barnes, retired chief financial officer of Johns Hopkins Hospital whose charitable interests included many Baltimore nonprofits, died Jan. 17 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Corporate Officers, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities
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Charles A. 'Charlie' Wilson, businessman
Charles Alego "Charlie" Wilson Jr., retired owner of a Baltimore stationery company, died Tuesday from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his Easton home. The former Stevenson resident was 91. Mr. Wilson was born in Baltimore...Tags: Easton (Talbot, Maryland), World War II (1939-1945), St. Michaels, Companies and Corporations, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Blood pressure drug could fix lung damage in smokers
A new study from Johns Hopkins shows that commonly used blood pressure drugs can prevent the most serious smoking-related lung damage in those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the nation's third leading cause of death.
The study involved...Tags: Medical Research, Medical Research, Human Body, Lungs and Airways, Drugs and Medicines
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Clarence B. "Curly" Garrett
Clarence B. "Curly" Garrett, a retired Baltimore Sun news photographer whose career spanned nearly four decades, died Saturday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Homewood at Plum Creek, a Hanover, Pa., retirement community.
The former Ellicott...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Eastman Kodak Company, Ash Wednesday, Arts, Ellicott City
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County council hopes to battle obesity with task force
Harford County is fairly healthy, though more than 60 percent of its adults and children are classified as either overweight or obese, a rate that has tripled since 1996, according to the health department. Harford also ranks worse than the rest of the...Tags: Weight, Symptoms, Overweight, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Heart Disease
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Lighten up
A strange observation about our nation is reflected in a recent health department presentation to the Harford County Council, namely that our country is so wealthy that poor people are often overweight.
Maybe it's just a coincidence, but even as the...Tags: Weight, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Overweight
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Stuart L. Buchwald
Baltimore Sun reporterStuart L. Buchwald, a former Baltimore professional prestidigitator who performed under the name of "Stuartini the Magnificent," died Oct. 21 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer at his home in Hollywood, Fla. He was 67. Mr. Buchwald...Tags: Harborplace, Randallstown, Charles Street, Concerts, Key West
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